Oral history interview with Stephen J. Wright, 1981.

Biographical Note

College president, foundation executive.

Scope and Contents

Childhood and family background; Hampton Institute, Howard University, New York University Ph.D., 1943; dean of faculty, Hampton Institute, 1945-1953; president of Bluefield State College, 1953-1957, and of Fisk College, 1957-1966; president of United Negro College Fund, 1966-1969; College Entrance Examination Board, 1969-1976; recollections of Charles S. Johnson and David Ogilvy.

Subjects

• African Americans--Education.
• African Americans--Segregation.
• College presidents--Interviews.
• Educational fund raising.
• Educational tests and measurements.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Fisk University.
• Goodson, Martia, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Hampton Institute.
• Howard University.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• United Negro College Fund.
• Wright, Stephen J.--Interviews.